Maarten Blokland is a civil engineer by training and worked in water supply and sanitation in more than 50 countries worldwide. His professional expertise includes the development of investment projects, performance assessment and capacity development of water utilities, services provision to the poor and the review of water and sanitation programmes and projects. He held various management functions including those of Vice-Rector Education, Deputy Director and Acting Director of IHE Delft. He was a Governor and Executive Board Member of the World Water Council, and was Member of the Board of UNDP’s Cap-Net, of Delft Cluster and of the Netherlands Water Partnership.